Chief Financial Officer
Confidential | Vancouver, BC (In-Office)
A well-established, multi-generational, family-owned real estate company in Metro Vancouver is hiring its first-ever Chief Financial Officer.
The business spans development, ownership, and property management across a diversified portfolio, including legacy holdings, active development sites, and a 30-storey rental tower in pre-application. The founding generation has stepped back. Six next-generation directors now lead the business with a shared commitment to disciplined growth, capital preservation, and a culture built on trust, stability, and genuine work-life balance.
This role exists to professionalize the financial function for the first time - building infrastructure, implementing modern systems, and providing the strategic financial lens the family needs as they move into their next chapter.
What you'll do:
- Build financial processes, documentation, and reporting from the ground up
- Co-lead the implementation of Yardi Breeze across the organization
- Oversee full-cycle accounting, AP/AR, payroll, tax compliance, and audit coordination across multiple entities
- Provide strategic financial advisory to the board - scenario analysis, capital allocation, risk assessment
- Manage a team of 4-5 and steward relationships with banks, auditors, legal counsel, and external partners
- Work alongside a tenured team with deep organizational knowledge to ensure continuity as you build
Who you are:
- CPA with 5-10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience
- Real estate background strongly preferred - development, property management, or multi-entity real estate operations
- You've built or rebuilt a finance function, not just maintained one
- Comfortable in a family business environment - informal, relationship-driven, consensus-based
- Hands-on and strategic - you can run a month-end close and advise on a capital allocation decision in the same week
- Drawn to stability, autonomy, and meaningful work over corporate pace and politics
Details:
- Location: Kitsilano, Vancouver. 100% in-office.
- Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. No after-hours expectation.
- Compensation: Starting at $175,000 with flexibility, plus annual bonus, comprehensive benefits, and employer-matched pension (Manulife, 5%) after one year.
This is a rare opportunity to be the first CFO of a respected, four-generation family business, with the autonomy to shape the function and a family that genuinely wants you to succeed.
